Hume, David: and law.

Mackinnon, Ken

Abstract

David Hume was a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, the period in the eighteenth century that produced new and often radical thinking in philosophy, in economics, in the sciences, in the emerging social sciences, in architecture, and in literature, among many fields.

Citation

MACKINNON, K. 2023. Hume, David: and law. In Sellers, M. and Kirste, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Dordrecht: Springer [online], pages 1377-1383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_620

• Online Publication Date: Dec 16, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 17, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1377-1383
• Book Title: Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy
• ISBN: 9789400765184
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_620
• Keywords: Scottish enlightenment; Philosophy; Law; Legal concepts; Jurisprudence
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2708657
• Additional Information: This chapter was originally published as a Living Reference Work, available online only: MACKINNON, K. 2020. Hume, David: and law. In Sellers, M. and Kirste, S (eds.) Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. 0th edition. Dordrecht: Springer [online], pages 1-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_620-1